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Gravitational physics

theorem that in four dimensions the Einstein field equations with a cosmological constant are the only second-order equations from a metric-only action.

In gravitational physics, Lovelock's theorem refers to theorem that in four dimensions the Einstein field equations with a cosmological constant are the only second-order equations from a metric-only action. This meaning comes from Lovelock (1971) in Journal of Mathematical Physics.[1]

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References

Lovelock, D. (1971). The Einstein Tensor and Its Generalizations. Journal of Mathematical Physics, 12(3), 498-501. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1665613

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